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All articles filed in working class

PoliticsMay 14, 2018

Populism

Good country folk historically hate big business, cops, authority of any kind, and rich folks. What happened? Nothing, really.

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ReviewsApril 28, 2018April 28, 2018

Review: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Poverty is a state of emergency.

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StoriesMarch 24, 2018

A Mississippi miss will set you free

Ode to Southern women, the girls who’ve been whooping asses longer than anybody should have to.

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PoliticsJanuary 15, 2018June 23, 2018

Swallowing Us Whole: New Regulations on Predatory Lending Felt in Appalachia

Predatory lenders continue to invade rural landscapes. The CFPB tried to regulate them. Congress said no. Here’s why that’s awful.

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PoliticsSeptember 4, 2017September 19, 2017

In Defense of Poor Folk!

Stop acting like the Deep South is a monolith. Start acting like liberals.

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What this is

I’m Rachel, a jaded twenty-something English grad student looking to tell some stories. Currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee, born and bred in rural Alabama. Here you’ll find liberal political tirades, stories, book reviews, and folklore focused in on these lower Southeastern thirteen states.

The title “Snake and Tree” comes from the Alabama proverb that if you hang a dead snake in a tree it’ll bring rain. These stories are the snake. The rain is making peace with this broke South.

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